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Federal Legislative Calendar
October 23 is the beginning of a four-week work period. Both Houses are in this week,...
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program accepting applications
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) has announced that it will be accepting applications for its Rural...
President Trump takes administrative action undermining the ACA
Late last week, President Trump brought forward executive action that threatens to undermine coverage provided under the Affordable Care...
Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearing on disaster preparedness
In the wake of nursing home resident deaths following Hurricane Irma and pictures of Houston-area assisted living residents who...
HIPAA and patient privacy in situations of crisis
In light of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued...
New Medicare cards are coming!
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be issuing every Medicare beneficiary a new Medicare card. The...
Legislative priorities post ACA
With the decision to abandon further efforts to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress...
HHS releases strategic plan draft; seeks input
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided a draft of its FY 2018 – 2022 Strategic Plan for...
CHRONIC Care Act and RAISE Family Caregivers Act pass the Senate
While the majority of people were watching the updates on the Graham-Cassidy bill last week, the Senate was voting...
CMS issues revised S-10 reporting instructions
CMS issued new and revised instructions for charity care and bad debt data reported by hospitals on worksheet S-10...
